Candlestick



(No Model.) I T. J. 80 0. Q. STILLE.

GANDLESTIGK. I

No.501',473. PatentedJuly 11,1893.

%INEMFM 54m STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE J. STILLE AND OSCAR Q. STILLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,473, dated July 11, 1893.

Application filed November 14, 1892. Serial No. 451.900. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEODORE J. STILLE and OSCAR Q. STILLE, of St. Louis, Missouri, have jointly made a new and useful Improvement in Candlesticks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 7

The present improvement is designed more especially for use upon Christmas trees or analogous supports. We desire however not to be restricted thereto in its application.

It consists more especiallyin those features of .the construction whereby it is adapted to hold the candle and in turn to be secured to its support. The construction and mode of connecting the drip cup is also a feature of the improvement, all substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the main part of the device; it holds the candle and drip-cup and forms the base of the construction and it may be termed the stick; Fig. 2 a side elevation of the drip cup; Fig.3 a plan of the cup; Fig. 4 a central vertical section of the cup; Fig. 5 a side elevation of the improved candle stick, and Fig. 6 aview of the candle stick in position.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

A represents the stick, and B represents the cup which receives the drip from the candle C. The stick is composed of wire formed into a spiral substantially as shown. Its upper portion, a, is of suitable diameter to receive the candle; its lower portion, 01,, ispref erably larger in diameter. A middle portion, a serves to hold the drip cup. This last named part is of any suitable shape for in" tercepting the drip from the candle, and it is better for it to be decidedly cup-shaped in form, and the improvement is more eifectively carried out when the part in question has a central depression, I), all substantially as shown. While it may be otherwise secured in position upon the stick, it is adapted to be connected therewith preferably in the following manner: The peripheral portion of the cup is perforated or slit, substantially as shown at b, to enable the cup and stick to be interlaced to enable the depressed portion of the cup to be held within the coils of the stick and the portion, a, of the stick, which holds'the candle, to rise within and above the cup. In practice the cup is attached by passing the cup onto the stick at the upper end thereof, the upper end of the spiral being passed through the opening I) in the cup and the cup then being screwed around downward along the portion a of the stick, and at the desired point the coils of the stick are sprung apart sufficiently to admit the depressed portion of the cup, substantially as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The coils of the middle portion a of the stick are shaped to encircle the cup portion b and thus to steady. the cup in position. The coils of such cen tral portion of the stick, for the purpose named, are preferably laid closer together than are the coils of the upper and lower portions of the stick. By suitably enlarging the stick at or toward its lower end a suitable base for the structure may be thereby formed to enable the device to be used independently of any special support. Such enlargement however is desirable in the use of the improved candle-stick upon a tree. This is indicated in Fig. 6. The limb D is passed between the coils of the lower portion of the stick, substantially as shown, and by enlarging the coil a broader bearing is obtained upon the limb.

The kinks, 01. in the coils may be used if desired to enable the candle stick to be held to better advantage upon its support. It is obvious the candle-stick, in the manner described can be readily slipped onto and off any support such as the limb D.

We claim 1. A candle-stick composed of a spiral and a drip cup, the upper portion of said spiral being shaped to hold the candle and the lower portion of said spiral being enlarged, sub-.

3. A candle stick consisting of a spiral and a drip cup, said spiral at its upper portion being of proper diameter to receive the candie, and at its lower portion being enlarged, and having its middle portion closed, and said cup being shaped and interlaced with and held in said spiral, substantially as described.

4:. A candle stick consisting of a spiral and a drip cup, said spiral at its lower end being I enlarged and having the kinks, substantially 10 as described.

Witness our hands this 12th day of November, 1892. p THEODORE J. STILLE. OSCAR Q. S'IILLE. Witnesses:

O. D. .MOODY, A. BONVILLE. 

